I can't import photos from my camera to iphoto

When I try to import my photos from my nikkon digital camera memory card to iphoto it starts downloading but after about 100 pictures a message appears saying error downloading image - iPhoto cannot import your photos because there was a problem downloading an image. I've tried to import a few at a time and it worked with some but with most the same message keeps appearing. What do you think could be the problem? How can I fix it?

Make sure your HDD is not near full, my wife is queen of this. Take your un-frequency used photos and move them to an external HDD, you are probably getting too full on your internal.
Drives are cheap, allows you to keep your priceless photos, avoiding a catastrophic loss. This will be an easy storage trasnfer, which will you free you up to use your internal drive.
My wife has done this before and now she keeps her HDD clean, which allows her to use her MAC as a trasnfer-station.
Try this and maybe it will help you out, but, do it soon, before your HDD crashes, and you loose all your stuff.
Also, spend the smal amount of money to buy a back up drive for your photos/music.
Also make sure you spend the small amount of money to buy a Timemachine backup drive.
If you ave plenty of HDD space, make sure you have the latest RAW camera drivers installed, which can be downloaded from the Apple Support site.
All the Best

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